Standing Pine was founded in 2009 in Nagoya, Japan. It mainly supports emerging Japanese artists and focuses on promoting an emerging value of various media including kinetic, textile, video, photography, installation and so on. Through curated exhibitions, international art fairs and various projects, it has been devoted to promoting innovative and talented artists to the wide audience in the global art scene. It also aims to contribute to build a bridge for cultural exchange of east and west by introducing international artists to the art scene in Asia. The gallery always looks at the diversity of global art scene and recently focuses on African art as well and showing the activity of internationally renowned artists, who have not been introduced in Japan yet.